READ MORE: Final decision for extension labelled ‘too big’ by neighbours<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nIt was produced following a suggestion from the operator\u2019s frontline workers.<\/p>\n
Avanti West Coast customer experience director Kathryn O\u2019Brien said: \u201cNothing like this has been seen on the UK\u2019s railways. We\u2019re incredibly proud of this unique train and who it represents.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy bringing to life the vibrant communities we serve and our employees, we hope to highlight the many people of different cultures, backgrounds and heritage who have a connection to the railway.\u201d<\/p>\n
She acknowledged there was \u201cstill more to be done\u201d at Avanti West Coast and across the wider rail industry to have a workforce \u201crepresentative of society and the communities we serve\u201d.<\/p>\n
She added: \u201cWe are passionate about playing our part to attract talent from all backgrounds.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis vibrant train marks our latest step towards this by sparking conversations about ethnicity and bringing a sense of togetherness across the west coast and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carberry described the design as \u201ca living, evolving artwork that has the potential to resonate with the public\u201d.<\/p>\n
She added: \u201cMy hope is that people will connect with the universal moments captured here and reflect on their own unique legacies.\u201d<\/p>\n
In October 2023 Avanta named a train Asquith Xavier after the first black person to work as a guard at Euston station in 1966.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Coast Main Line service wrapped in bright artwork celebrating the diversity of operators staff and communities on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[31982,855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-62062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-avanti-west-coast","9":"tag-birmingham","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114425160516688775","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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The Avanta West Coast train wrapped in a bespoke artwork designed to celebrate the ethnicity of employees and communities across its network.<\/p>\n